To Janelle Monae, the secret to flawless style is simple… stop dressing for boys.
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Monae famously stuck to tuxedos in the early years of her career as an homage to her parents, who worked in the service industry and wore uniforms.
“When I started my musical career I was a maid, I used to clean houses. My parents–my mother was a proud janitor, my step-father who raised me like his very own worked at the post office and my father was a trash man. They all wore uniforms. And that’s why I stand here today in my black and white and I wear my uniform to honor them…”
In recent years, Monae has branched out from her trademark tuxes (although she sticks to a black, white and red motif) and become one of the most creatively stylish women in entertainment. This is just a sampling of the slayage she has delivered while on the press tour for Moonlight and Hidden Figures.

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Rock on Janelle!
She ROCKS! AWESOME!!!
So stylish!
Often duplicated, imitated! The original Janelle( my daughters middle name) M.